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How to Study the
Words of The WORD
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Introduction
For almost two-thousand years, The WORD of Yehovah has been unaccessable to those of us who are not fluent in Hebrew and Greek. We have had to rely on others (Translators, Bishops, etc) to tell us What The WORD of Yehovah "Says". Unfortunately, we have been bombarded with Lies and Untruths without our knowledge. Every English Bible ever Printed contains Agregious Mistranslations that completely destroy the very fabric of The WORD itself. It certainly smacks of a coverup and JCS believes himselve is a part of it. Unfortunately, "The Bible" is Not The WORD of Yehovah. Forunately, IT IS our Window into The WORD and in the last few decades, Tools have become available provide us, people who have no knowledge of Hebrew or Greek, access to the Actual WORD of Yehovah buried in The Bible; as written in the Hebrew and the Greek.
We have grown up immersed in False Christianity. It is not our fault that we do not understand The WORD. We have never "Seen" The WORD. JCS considers this Truth to be part of the "Falling Away" Paul prophesied in 2 Thesselonians 2:3. Until "that man of sin be revealed" (the Devil), we remain in a "Fallen Away" state. We are caught between a rock and a hard place. In order to "reveal" the Devil, we must understand The WORD. But we are not even allowed access to The WORD until it is time that "that man of sin be revealed". has a "set time" for Revealing The Devil and causes Strong Delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 11) to cause that Revealing to cccur at his "set time" (after six-thousand years of sin, six days of labor in the creation of the new earth).
But the Corruption of The Bible does not negate the Value of The Bible. The Bible is the Only "Window" we can crawl through to get to The WORD of Yehovah. It is our ONLY Access. Without it, all we face is a wall with no way to get to the other side.
As we draw closer and closer to Yehovah's "set time", the Devil will begin to be revealed more and more until that day comes when he "Is Revealed" and Christ removes him from the earth. In the past 20-30 years, Bible Study Tools have been made accessible to us that we have never had access to before.
GOOD NEWS!!! (The Word "gospel" means "Good News".) The Good News is that we, those of us who do not know Hebrew and Greek, can now understanding the Hebrew and Greek without actually knowing Hebrew and Greek. New Tools provide access to information not readily available before. With these tools, not only will you "know" the Accurate Translation of any Word you Research, you will also "know that you know". You will have a complete understanding of What The WORD "Says". But Access is not easy, it still requires "digging".
It is to this end that this web site exists, and Bible Studies are initiated; to Understand What The WORD "Says". If you share the same desire, Gather Your Study Tools and Dig In To The Words of The WORD.
IMPORTANT: The beliefs expressed on this site are the current beliefs of JCS. The journey to the Kingdom is a growing experience. JCS readily acknowledges that there is much knowledge yet unknown.
Gather & Understand Your Tools
Before we can Dig In To the Words of The WORD, we need to Gather the Tools we will need to do the Digging. Each of the following Tools is "Critical" for any Serious Study of The WORD of Yehovah. Unfortunately, there is no one single Tool that contains all of thes Tools. We will have to go to various sources to get to all of it.
Access to the Tools you need is also dependent on the platform you are using to complete your Studies. This Guide will focus on the Windows Desktop Tools for reasons that will be explained later. Alternate Tools will be mentioned where known but it will be up to you to learn How To Use those Alternate Tools.
JCS includes 7 Tools in it's Bible Study Toolbox. These 7 Tools also constitute the 7 Steps JCS uses to Study The Words of The WORD. Start with Tool #1 and proceed sequentially through the Tools, one at a time, to complete this Study. Do not proceed to the next Tool until you have completed the previous Tool.
- The Bible
- Prayer
- Other Resources
- Strong's Concordance
- Englishman's Concordance
- Interlinear Bible
- Morphology
- The Bible
King James Bible (Pure Cambridge Edition Recommended)
Tool #1: This Study will use the Freely Available GitHub PCE Text KJV.
It is not possible to Study "The Bible" without having Access to a copy of "The Bible". It is obviously the First Tool required for Any Bible Study.
Any King James Version would suffice but John Clark Studies recommends the Pure Cambridge Edition. This recommendation is not because the Edition is "Pure". It is no more "Pure" than any other KJV. JCS Recommends this Edition solely because it is the Only KJV Edition that clearly Identifies itself. Any other Bible you have, or purchase, may contain any number of Editions. JCS has yet to determine which Edition of the 1769 Edition is the actual "Standard" Edition. Any Bible Titled "Pure Cambridge Edition" contains this Specified Edition. Be aware however, that not all PCE Bibles Identify themselves. JCS has Identified a number of Bibles that Contain the "PCE Text". These Bibles are Titled as such in the JCS List of PCE Bibles.
JCS Recommends the KJV simply because all of the other Bible Study Tools are based on the KJV. Strong's Numbers are at the Foundation of All Bible Study Tools and the KJV is at the Foundation of Strong's Numbers. Other Bibles can be used but then you may have to look up your Word in the KJV to get to the Strong's Number to be able to Dig further into the Word.
The Bible you use can be Printed, Online, or in an Application/Computer Program. A Computer Program provides the best access because it can be used to Search The Bible in many different ways. JCS uses PC Study Bible Version 5.0 which is no longer available and won't run on Windows 11. But what JCS gets out of this Program is reason for JCS to maintain a Windows 10 Computer just for this Program. Examples will be seen below.
- Prayer
Prayer: Already On Your Shelve
Tool #2: Don't Forget to Pray Every Time you begin to Study. Yehovah's Presence is a must for Fruitful Study.
The Bible cannot be Seriously Studied without Prayer. It is obviously the Second most important Tool to have on hand. Fortunately, you already have this Tool Available. JCS has provided a Pre-Study Prayer for anyone uncertain how to ask for the presence of during your Study. Prayer is especially important because of the false teachings engrained in our heads from birth. Those teachings cannot be overcome without the presence of while we Study.
- Other Resources
The best place to start any Study now days is the Internet. Libraries can also be a valueable Resource.
Once you have determined your Study, you can collect valuable references from those who have already dug into the same Topic. It is not necessary to agree with everything in someone else's Study before you Collect valuable data from it.
Morphology...
- Interlinear Bible
Interlinear Bible: The Center of Serious Bible Study
Tool #3: This Study will use the Freely Available GitHub Interlinear (GI) Bible.
There was a time when Strong's Concordance would be the next Tool. But The Interlinear Bible includes Strong's Numbers and so much more. It is the most powerful Tool available for Serious Bible Study. It is the availability of The Interlinear Bible Online that brings The WORD of Yehovah right to our Study Table. It is a Door from The Bible to The WORD. It is the Differenc between "Guessing" what a Word "Means" and "Knowing" what it "Says". Using The Interlinear Bible, in Conjunction with the Strong's Concordance and the Englishman's Concordance which are included, allows us to Know the Truth and to Know that we Know.
Interlinear Bibles are not all alike. Some contain more information than others. But All include most of what is found in the GitHub Interlinear (GI) we will be using. In the GI, each Hebrew/Greek Word in Scripture includes 5 Attributes, each listed on a separate horizontal line. From Top to Bottom in the Image shown: 1) Strong's Number, 2) Transliteration, 3) Hebrew/Greek Word, 4) English Translation, and 5) Morphology Parsing Code.
- Strong's Number
- Transliteration
- Transliteration
Transliteration: Hebrew Words Spelled Using English Letters
Tool #3: This Study will use the Freely Available GitHub Interlinear Bible.
- Hebrew/Greek Word
- English Translation
- Morphology Parsing Code
1) Strong's Numbers, 2) Transliterations, and 5) Morphology will be covered individually below in great detail. These Attributes are the Key Attributes that will get us where we want to go in our Understanding of The WORD. They are Critically important to understand. The GI will help us get there. A great benefit of using the GI is that each of these 3 Attributes includes a hyperlink to further details on that Attribute.
The remaining 2 Attributes are the Words.
3) Hebrew/Greek Words: Although we have no clue what the Hebrew/Greek Words say, or mean, there is benefit to seeing them. 1) It is exciting to be able to See the Actual WORD of Yehovah in it's Original Language. 2) Over Time, there are tidbits that can be learned that can be used to confirm Attributes. For the most part however, The Hebrew/Greek Words are of Little Value as a Study Tool.
4) English Words: The English Words are Translations and these Translations Vary depending on the Interlinear Bible you use.
- Some Interlinear Bibles use the Same English Words found in a Particular Edition of The Bible. The PCSB Interlinear Bible uses the English Text of the PCE.
- Other Interlinears "Try" to Translate each Word Literally. This is the case of the GI we will be using (as seen above). But these Translations too, are someone else's Translation, not to be trusted. The important point here is this: The English Words are Irrelevant. It is these Words that we are Digging Into.
Strong's Concordance
Strong's Concordance: Strong's Concordance and Dictionary
This Study will cover how use every aspect of The Interlinear Bible when we Dig In.
Englishman's Concordance
Englishman's Concordance:
The Strong's Concordance...
The Strong's Concordance...
Morphology
Morphology:
Morphology...
Dig In
Dig In:
Now that we have our Tools lined up and ready to go, let's Dig In.
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